Shoe-polishing device



J. BAUER.

SHOE POLISHING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPL 2, 1919.

Patented Sept. 13,1921.

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Witness J BAUER.

SHOE POLISHING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2, 1919.

Patented Sept. 13, 1921.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 13, 1921.

Application filed September 2, 1919. Serial No. 321,042.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN BAUER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michi- "an, have invented a new and useful Shoe- Polishing Device, (Case A,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for use in polishing shoes, one of its objects being to provide a rotary bufiing or polishing element having means whereby it is operated by an electric motor, the entire structure being simple and compact and easy to operate.

Another object is to provide a device of this character having a plurality of buffing rolls driven by the same motor and any one of which can be adjusted to active position when desired, so that the different rolls can be used in connection with polishes of different colors.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims, it being understood that various changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred forms of the invention have been shown.

In said drawings- Figure 1 is an end elevation of the device.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2, Fig. 1, the handle and motor being shown in elevation.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3, Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an end elevation of a modified form of the device.

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5-5, Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a section on line 66, Fig. 5.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates a handle to one end of which is secured an electric motor 2 and the shaft 3 of this motor extends through the handle and beyond the other end thereof.

A spider 4 is secured to the end' of the handle so as to be fixed thereon and the arms of the spider are connected b bearing pins 5 to the arms of another simi ar spider 6. The projecting end of the shaft 3 is seated in the spider 6 and ke ed or otherwise fastened to the said she t close to the spider 4 is a gear 7. The spider 6 is mounted on reduced ends of the pins 5 as shown and 1s detachably held thereto by screws 8, as shown, having rounded heads projecting be 0nd the face of the spider.

ounted on each of the pins 5 is a roll 9 having a sleeve of suitable bufling material such as wool or the like, indicated at 10. To one end of each roll is secured a gear 11 and these gears 11 all mesh with the gear I.

Mounted for rotation on the handle 1 is the back plate 12 of a segmental housing 13, said plate 12 having lugs 14 for receiving fastening screws 15 or the like extending through the marginal wall of the housing. A series of nodes 16 are struck out from the front face of the housing as shown and are so situated as to allow the heads of the screws 8 to be seated in the depressions thus formed in the housing.

The flat peripheral portion of the housing is open and the roll brought to position adjacent thereto will project outwardly from the housing as shown. When a roll is thus located all of the screws 8 will be seated in the node depressions and the housing thus held against rotation. By causin the motor to operate the shaft the gear 7 will drive all of the rolls and the one projecting from the periphery can be brought into contact with a shoe and caused to polish it. By providing a slot 17 in the front face of the housing a word or character will be exposed therein indicating the color of polish with which the projecting buffer is to be used. By turning the housing, so as to spring the front wall thereof past the heads of the screws 8, the housing can be adjusted angularly to expose any desired buffer and the seating of the screw heads in the depressions will hold the housing against accidental rotation.

Instead of providing the device with a 2% series of buffers, a pin 18 can be extended from one end of the handle 19 and be disposed oif center. A buffer 20 can be mounted for rotation on this pin and is provided with a gear 21 meshing with a broad faced gear 22 also mounted on a pin 23 off center, and this gear receives motion from a gear 24 on the shaft 25. A segmental housing islocated concentrically on the end of the handle, as shown at 26 and has spaced lips 27 outstanding from the back thereof and projecting int a groove 28 in the end of the handle. The front wall of the housing has an opening 29 into which the end of the pin 18 projects and a pivoted latch 30 1s carried by the housing-and is adapted to engage the pin and fasten the houslng 1n positlon.

In both forms of the device it is intended to provide one or more oil holes 31 whereby thepartscan be lubricated.

What is claimed is I 1. Shoe polishing apparatus including a handle, a motor driven shaft therem, parallel bufi'ers at one end of the handle, means for transmitting rotary motlon thereto from the shaft, and an angularly adjustable segmental housing extending from the handle and housing the buffers and power tra nsmitting means, one of the bufiers pro ecting throu h the periphery of the housmfi 2. ghoe polishing apparatus mclu mg a In testimony that I claim the fore oing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signa- 35 ture in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN BAUER. Witnesses Amix UMLAU'F, ilosnrrr Pousno. 

